Asus P4PE/ GE: Now Fully Equipped At The Old Price, Continued

The PC Probe hardware monitor.

Variable setting options in PC Probe.

Comfortable BIOS update under Windows at the click of a mouse.

BIOS update without the cryptic file names and a DOS boot diskette.

The fixed-voltage regulator gets very hot, especially when overclocking. The bottom line is a very fast board with numerous options for overclocking. It comes in first place in many benchmarks. So, let's get to the price. At around $175 and considering the extensive equipment, the board is not too pricey, even for Asus standards.

The unique selling point for Asus: if a graphics card with AGP 2x is accidentally put in the slot, a red LED lights up and the board won't boot.